369 p. : 22 cm

"Co-published simultaneously as The serials librarian, volume 50, numbers 1/2 and 3/4 2006."

Includes bibliographical references and index

PRECONFERENCE PROGRAMS. Serials holdings workshop -- Serials Esperanto : helping librarians, vendors, and publishers understand each other -- How to avoid death by meeting : strategies for better meetings -- VISION SESSIONS. Chaotic transitions : how today's trends will affect tomorrow's libraries -- Painting America purple : media democracy and the red/blue divide -- STRATEGY SESSIONS. Access to scholarly literature : publishing for an extended readership -- Identifiers in libraries : ISSN revision unique -- FRBR and serials : an overview and analysis -- Negotiation for the rest of us -- CROSSREF : from linking to cross-provider search -- Cross-provider search : new standards for metasearch -- Serials industry : truth or dare -- Ensuring consistent usage statistics -- Talk about: e-resources librarian to the rescue? : creating the über librarian : turning model job descriptions, into practical positions -- "We own it" : dealing with "perpetual access" in big deals -- If we build it, will they come (eventually)? : scholarly communication and institutional repositories -- TACTICS SESSIONS. Using customer-service software to manage serials online access issues -- Metadata management design -- Beyond article linking : using openURL in creative ways -- Binding journals in tight times : mind the budget -- A collaborative checklist for e-journal access -- Issues in scholarly communications : creating a campus-wide dialog -- Adding value to the catalog in an open access world -- Collection development in public libraries -- Challenges of off-site library storage facilities : cataloging, access, and management of off-site serials -- The big e-package deals : smoothing the way through subscription agents -- Subscription cancellation projects : how to quiet some of the roar -- Examining workflows and redefining roles : Auburn University and the College of New Jersey -- AACR3 is coming : what is it? -- Tracking usage of e-government publications -- Do you see RSS in your future? -- Analyzing how much publisher packages are worth? -- Presentations that keep your audience interested and awake -- The RFP process at the University of Memphis : a work in progress

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